Word Study · Strong's H211 · Hebrew
אוֹפִיר
ophir
o-feer'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÔwphîyr
“Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East
Rendered in the KJV as
Ophir.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- אוֹפִֽיר׃3
- אוֹפִ֑יר2
- אוֹפִ֔ירָה2
- מֵאוֹפִ֑יר2
- אוֹפִ֥יר1
- אוֹפִ֛ירָה1
- אוֹפִ֥ר1
- מֵאֹפִ֜יר1
How it is rendered · 4
- Ophir6
- from Ophir3
- Ophir towards3
- gold of Ophir1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)5
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 5
- HNpl/Sd · 3
- HR/Npl · 3
- HNpm · 2
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Kings4 of 13 · 31%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 13 · 15%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 13 · 15%
- Job2 of 13 · 15%
- Genesis1 of 13 · 8%
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Genesis1 occurrence
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 9:28אוֹפִ֔ירָהʾofirahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.here: Ophir towards
- 1 Kings 10:11מֵאוֹפִ֑ירmeofirpreposition + proper noun (a name)(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.here: from Ophir
- 1 Kings 10:11מֵאֹפִ֜ירmeofirpreposition + proper noun (a name)(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.here: from Ophir
- 1 Kings 22:48אוֹפִ֛ירָהʾofirahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.here: Ophir towards
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:23אוֹפִ֥ירʾofirproper noun (a name)Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.here: Ophir
- 1 Chronicles 29:4אוֹפִ֑ירʾofirproper noun (a name)three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,here: Ophir
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 8:18אוֹפִ֔ירָהʾofirahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.here: Ophir towards
- 2 Chronicles 9:10מֵאוֹפִ֑ירmeofirpreposition + proper noun (a name)(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.here: from Ophir